Patents by Inventor Daiki Nakamura

Daiki Nakamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240155933
    Abstract: When a base film used in a flexible display panel is bonded to a resin member for fixing the base film that is curved, the base film has creases by an environmental change such as temperature due to difference in linear expansion coefficient before and after a thermal shock. A buffer plate that is thin enough to be bent is provided between the base film used in a flexible display panel and the resin member. With the use of heat dissipation effect and heat equalization effect of the buffer plate, a structure around the panel capable of resisting the environmental change can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20240143035
    Abstract: Damage to a flexible display can be prevented. A display device having improved mechanical strength can be provided. A display device (10) includes a display panel (11) and a protection cover (12). The display panel (11) includes a first portion having flexibility. The protection cover (12) has a light-transmitting property and flexibility and is provided to overlap with a display surface side of the display panel (11). The display device (10) has a function of being reversibly changed in shape to a first mode in which the display panel (11) and the protection cover (12) are each substantially flat and a second mode in which the first portion of the display panel (11) is curved such that the display surface side becomes a concave surface and part of the protection cover (12) is curved in the same direction as the first portion. In the second mode, there is a gap between the first portion and the protection cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20240147758
    Abstract: A display device including display regions with inconspicuous seam is provided. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel. The first display panel includes a first display region and a visible-light-transmitting region. The second display panel includes a second display region. The first display region is adjacent to the visible-light-transmitting region. The first display region includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. A first common electrode included in the first light-emitting element includes a portion in contact with a second common electrode included in the second light-emitting element. The first common electrode has a function of reflecting visible light. The second common electrode has a function of transmitting visible light. The second light-emitting element is positioned closer to the visible-light-transmitting region than the first light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Nozomu SUGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240145353
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a lead including a first bonding portion and a coupling portion extending in a Y direction from the first bonding portion. The first bonding portion has a first width end, and a second width end connected to the coupling portion. The lead has first and second length sides opposite to each other in an X direction. The lead has in the X direction first and second widths at first and second positions, and the second position is away from the first position in the Y direction. In the plan view, the lead has a shape in which the first width is greater than the second width such that positions of the first and second length sides at the second position are respectively located inward in the X direction with respect to positions of the first and second length sides at the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa NAKAMURA, Daiki YOSHIDA, Nobuhiro HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20240138223
    Abstract: A high-definition or high-resolution display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. The first light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer over the first pixel electrode, and a common electrode over the first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer over the second pixel electrode, and the common electrode over the second light-emitting layer. Each of an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode is covered with the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer covers each of a side surface of the first light-emitting layer and a side surface of the second light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Daiki NAKAMURA, Rai SATO
  • Patent number: 11966658
    Abstract: A system for displaying an image, includes circuitry that: receives a detection of use of a display device by a user; specifies the display device, based on information related to the display device; and displays, on a display, a display device image representing a specific area in an image captured by an image-capturing device, the specific area including at least a part of the display device that is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Takahiro Kamekura, Shigeyuki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20240130204
    Abstract: A display device with both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a light-emitting element and a connection portion. The connection portion is provided along an outer periphery of a display region where the light-emitting element is provided. The light-emitting element includes a pixel electrode, a first EL layer over the pixel electrode, a second EL layer over the first EL layer, and a common electrode over the second EL layer. The connection portion includes a connection electrode, a second EL layer over the connection electrode, and the common electrode over the second EL layer. The second EL layer includes a first region in contact with the connection electrode and a second region in contact with the common electrode. The area of a region where the first region and the second region overlap with each other in a top view is greater than or equal to 40000 square micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Sho KATO, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240117206
    Abstract: An ink contains water, a coloring material, a resin, and an organic solvent, wherein the dried layer of the ink has a surface free energy ?S having a polar component ?Sp of from 3.5 to 20 J/m2 at 25 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayumi YOSHIHARA, Michihiko Namba, Takashi Tamai, Shin Hasegawa, Yuta Nakamura, Daiki Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20240114755
    Abstract: A novel display apparatus that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device including a first electrode, a first layer, a first unit, and a second electrode and a second light-emitting device including a third electrode, a second layer, a second unit, and a fourth electrode. The first unit is between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a first light-emitting material. The first layer is between the first unit and the first electrode and is in contact with the first electrode. The third electrode is adjacent to the first electrode. A first gap is between the third electrode and the first electrode. The second unit is between the third electrode and the fourth electrode and includes a second light-emitting material. The second layer is between the second unit and the third electrode and is in contact with the third electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nozomu SUGISAWA, Yasumasa YAMANE, Daiki NAKAMURA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoto GOTO, Yasutaka NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240112629
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first functional layer, and a second functional layer. The display region includes a pixel, and the pixel includes a display element and a pixel circuit. The first functional layer includes the pixel circuit, a scan line, and a first connection portion. The display element is electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit is electrically connected to the scan line. The second functional layer includes a region overlapping with the first functional layer, the second functional layer includes a driver circuit and a wiring, and the driver circuit is provided so that the pixel circuit is positioned between the driver circuit and the display element. The wiring is electrically connected to the scan line at the first connection portion, and the wiring is electrically connected to the driver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Daiki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240107799
    Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a base material and a pair of pixels, and the base material covers the pair of pixels and has a light-transmitting property. The pair of pixels includes one pixel and another pixel, and the one pixel includes a light-emitting device and a first microlens. The light-emitting device emits light toward the base material, and the first microlens is interposed between the base material and the light emission and converges light. The first microlens includes a first surface and a second surface; the second surface is closer to the light-emitting device than the first surface is; and the second surface has a smaller radius of curvature than the first surface. The other pixel includes a photoelectric conversion device and a second microlens. The second microlens is interposed between the base material and the photoelectric conversion and converges external light incident from the base material side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Daiki NAKAMURA, Ryo HATSUMI, Rai SATO, Shingo EGUCHI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20240096243
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first support, and a second support, the display region includes a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region and the second region each have a belt-like shape extending in one direction, and the third region is sandwiched between the first region and the second region. The first support overlaps with the first region and is less likely to be warped than the third region, and the second support overlaps with the second region and is less likely to be warped than the third region. The second support can pivot on an axis extending in the one direction with respect to the first support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Taiki NONAKA, Daiki NAKAMURA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11928988
    Abstract: A plurality of display panels having a curved surface are placed in a limited space. Two, or three or more display panels are combined to form one display region having a T-shaped outer edge as one screen, and a driver can curve part of the display panel as appropriate so that the driver can see the screen easily. A first display panel or a second display panel has flexibility and includes a position adjustment function of curving an end portion. That is, by curving part of the display panel, the user can see the display panel easily. The in-car design can also be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Tsukamoto, Daiki Nakamura, Daisuke Furumatsu, Kazuhiko Fujita, Kyoichi Mukao, Junya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20240065077
    Abstract: A display device that can display a high-quality image is provided. The display device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a light-emitting layer, and a lens. The light-emitting layer is provided over the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer is provided over the light-emitting layer, and the lens is provided over the second conductive layer. The lens contains a photosensitive material. An end portion of the lens is located more outward than an end portion of the light-emitting layer and an end portion of the second conductive layer. The display device further includes an insulating layer, and the insulating layer includes a region in contact with a top surface of the lens, a region in contact with a side surface of the second conductive layer, and a region in contact with a side surface of the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Tomoya AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11907017
    Abstract: Damage to a flexible display can be prevented. A display device having improved mechanical strength can be provided. A display device (10) includes a display panel (11) and a protection cover (12). The display panel (11) includes a first portion having flexibility. The protection cover (12) has a light-transmitting property and flexibility and is provided to overlap with a display surface side of the display panel (11). The display device (10) has a function of being reversibly changed in shape to a first mode in which the display panel (11) and the protection cover (12) are each substantially flat and a second mode in which the first portion of the display panel (11) is curved such that the display surface side becomes a concave surface and part of the protection cover (12) is curved in the same direction as the first portion. In the second mode, there is a gap between the first portion and the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Kazuhiko Fujita
  • Publication number: 20240057378
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device that easily achieves higher resolution is provided. A display device having both high display quality and high resolution is provided. A first EL film is formed over a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode; a first sacrificial film is formed to cover the first EL film; the first sacrificial film and the first EL film are etched to expose the second pixel electrode and to form a first EL layer over the first pixel electrode and a first sacrificial layer over the first EL layer; and the first sacrificial layer is removed. The first EL film and the second EL film are etched by dry etching, and the first sacrificial layer is removed by wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Yasutaka NAKAZAWA, Rai SATO, Seiji YASUMOTO, Kiyofumi OGINO, Takashi SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20240049560
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display apparatus having high display quality is provided. A method for manufacturing a display apparatus including first to third insulators, first and second conductors, and first and second EL layers is provided. The first conductor is formed over the first insulator, and the second insulator is formed over the first insulator and over the first conductor. A first opening portion reaching the first conductor is formed in the second insulator. A sacrificial layer is formed over the second insulator and over a bottom surface of the first opening portion, and a resist is applied over the sacrificial layer. Light exposure and development are performed on the resist, so that a second opening portion reaching the sacrificial layer is formed in a region overlapping with the first conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Rai SATO, Ryu KOKUBO, Hiroki ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20240008342
    Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light of different colors. The light-emitting element has a microcavity structure and intensifies light with a specific wavelength. The light-emitting elements that emit light of different colors each include a reflective layer and a conductive layer with a varied thickness over a lower electrode, and the lower electrode and the conductive layer are electrically connected to each other in the light-emitting element. The light-emitting elements with different colors being intensified by different optical path lengths are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Daiki NAKAMURA, Yutaka OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230420614
    Abstract: A high-resolution, high-definition, or large display apparatus is provided. A metal mask is placed over an EL layer and film deposition is performed with the metal mask, whereby an island-shaped counter electrode is formed. Then, the EL layer is processed using the counter electrode as a hard mask. Alternatively, after an EL layer and a counter electrode are formed over an entire surface, processing using a metal mask is performed. An insulating layer that electrically insulates adjacent pixel electrodes from each other is positioned between adjacent light-emitting devices. A resist mask is formed over the insulating layer. A plurality of EL layers and a plurality of counter electrodes overlapping each other over the insulating layer are partly removed using the resist mask, whereby part of the insulating layer is exposed. Thus, the adjacent light-emitting devices are electrically insulated from each other over the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Daiki NAKAMURA, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11842679
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first functional layer, and a second functional layer. The display region includes a pixel, and the pixel includes a display element and a pixel circuit. The first functional layer includes the pixel circuit, a scan line, and a first connection portion. The display element is electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit is electrically connected to the scan line. The second functional layer includes a region overlapping with the first functional layer, the second functional layer includes a driver circuit and a wiring, and the driver circuit is provided so that the pixel circuit is positioned between the driver circuit and the display element. The wiring is electrically connected to the scan line at the first connection portion, and the wiring is electrically connected to the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Daiki Nakamura